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  • 1 the

    [ðə, ði]
    (The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð
    1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)
    2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð
    3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð
    4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.) (á/fyrir) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð
    5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.) (fellur brott í þÿðingu)
    6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.) þeim mun, því
    •
    - the...

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  • 2 extreme

    [ik'stri:m] 1. adjective
    1) (very great, especially much more than usual: extreme pleasure; He is in extreme pain.) ákaflegur
    2) (very far or furthest in any direction, especially out from the centre: the extreme south-western tip of England; Politically, he belongs to the extreme left.) við endamörk/ystu mörk; ystur; róttækur
    3) (very violent or strong; not ordinary or usual: He holds extreme views on education.) róttækur, öfgakenndur
    2. noun
    1) (something as far, or as different, as possible from something else: the extremes of sadness and joy.) öfgar
    2) (the greatest degree of any state, especially if unpleasant: The extremes of heat in the desert make life uncomfortable.) (ítrustu) öfgar
    •
    - extremism
    - extremist
    - extremity
    - in the extreme
    - to extremes

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  • 3 spiral

    1. adjective
    1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) spíral-, hring
    2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) spíral-
    2. noun
    1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) skrúfugangur
    2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spírall
    3. verb
    (to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) hreyfa(st) í spíral, skrúfast upp

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  • 4 do

    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) gera
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) gera, ljúka
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) þvo upp; laga; hreinsa
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) nægja, ganga
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) vinna að, stúdera
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) farnast, standa sig
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) laga, snyrta, hirða
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) gera, haga sér
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) veita eða sÿna
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) valda
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) skoða
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) veisla, samkvæmi
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

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  • 5 most

    [məust] 1. superlative of many, much (often with the) - adjective
    1) ((the) greatest number or quantity of: Which of the students has read the most books?; Reading is what gives me most enjoyment.) mest; flestir
    2) (the majority or greater part of: Most children like playing games; Most modern music is difficult to understand.) flestir; mest
    2. adverb
    1) (used to form the superlative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables: Of all the women I know, she's the most beautiful; the most delicious cake I've ever tasted; We see her mother or father sometimes, but we see her grandmother most frequently.) mest
    2) (to the greatest degree or extent: They like sweets and biscuits but they like ice-cream most of all.) mest
    3) (very or extremely: I'm most grateful to you for everything you've done; a most annoying child.) mjög, ákaflega
    4) ((American) almost: Most everyone I know has read that book.) næstum
    3. pronoun
    1) (the greatest number or quantity: I ate two cakes, but Mary ate more, and John ate (the) most.) mest, flestir
    2) (the greatest part; the majority: He'll be at home for most of the day; Most of these students speak English; Everyone is leaving - most have gone already.) mestan part; flestir
    •
    - at the most
    - at most
    - for the most part
    - make the most of something
    - make the most of

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  • 6 heart

    1. noun
    1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) hjarta
    2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) hjarta, miðja
    3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) mannlegar tilfinningar
    4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) kjarkur; barráttuþrek
    5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) hjarta
    6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) hjarta
    •
    - hearten
    - heartless
    - heartlessly
    - heartlessness
    - hearts
    - hearty
    - heartily
    - heartiness
    - heartache
    - heart attack
    - heartbeat
    - heartbreak
    - heartbroken
    - heartburn
    - heart failure
    - heartfelt
    - heart-to-heart     2. noun
    (an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) einlægar samræður
    - at heart
    - break someone's heart
    - by heart
    - from the bottom of one's heart
    - have a change of heart
    - have a heart!
    - have at heart
    - heart and soul
    - lose heart
    - not have the heart to
    - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
    - take heart
    - take to heart
    - to one's heart's content
    - with all one's heart

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  • 7 heat

    [hi:t] 1. noun
    1) (the amount of hotness (of something), especially of things which are very hot: Test the heat of the water before you bath the baby.) hiti
    2) (the warmth from something which is hot: The heat from the fire will dry your coat; the effect of heat on metal; the heat of the sun.) hiti
    3) (the hottest time: the heat of the day.) heitasti tími dagsins
    4) (anger or excitement: He didn't mean to be rude - he just said that in the heat of the moment.) æsing, ákafi; í hita augnabliksins
    5) (in a sports competition etc, one of two or more contests from which the winners go on to take part in later stages of the competition: Having won his heat he is going through to the final.) lota, undanrás
    2. verb
    ((sometimes with up) to make or become hot or warm: We'll heat (up) the soup; The day heats up quickly once the sun has risen.) hita (upp)
    - heatedly
    - heatedness
    - heater
    - heating
    - heat wave
    - in/on heat     See also:
    - hot

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  • 8 fake

    [feik] 1. noun
    1) (a worthless imitation (especially intended to deceive); a forgery: That picture is a fake.) eftirlíking
    2) (a person who pretends to be something he is not: He pretended to be a doctor, but he was a fake.) loddari
    2. adjective
    1) (made in imitation of something more valuable, especially with the intention of deceiving: fake diamonds.) falsaður, óekta
    2) (pretending to be something one is not: a fake clergyman.) falskur
    3. verb
    (to pretend or imitate in order to deceive: to fake a signature.) falsa

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  • 9 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) leggja sig allan fram, streitast við
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) ofreyna/-gera; togna
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) ganga fram af
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) sía
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) álag
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) álag
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) tognun
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) álag
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    - strainer
    - strain off     II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) afbrigði, kynbættur stofn
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) hneigð, tilhneiging
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) ómur, tónar

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  • 10 exercise

    1. noun
    1) (training or use (especially of the body) through action or effort: Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise; Take more exercise.) (líkams)æfing
    2) (an activity intended as training: ballet exercises; spelling exercises.) æfing
    3) (a series of tasks, movements etc for training troops etc: His battalion is on an exercise in the mountains.) (her)æfingar
    2. verb
    1) (to train or give exercise to: Dogs should be exercised frequently; I exercise every morning.) hreyfa, æfa
    2) (to use; to make use of: She was given the opportunity to exercise her skill as a pianist.) nÿta

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  • 11 pin

    [pin] 1. noun
    1) (a short, thin, pointed piece of metal used eg to hold pieces of fabric, paper etc together, especially when making clothes: The papers are fastened together by a pin.) títuprjónn
    2) (a similar but more ornamental object: a hat-pin.) hattprjónn
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten with a pin: She pinned the material together.) næla, festa
    2) (to hold by pressing against something: The fallen tree pinned him to the ground.) halda föstum
    •
    - pinhole
    - pinpoint
    - pin-up
    - pin down
    - pins and needles

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  • 12 salt

    [so:lt] 1. noun
    1) ((also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning: The soup needs more salt.) salt
    2) (any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.) salt
    3) (a sailor, especially an experienced one: an old salt.) reyndur sjómaður
    2. adjective
    (containing, tasting of, preserved in salt: salt water; salt pork.) salt-, saltaður
    3. verb
    (to put salt on or in: Have you salted the potatoes?) salta
    - saltness
    - salty
    - saltiness
    - bath salts
    - the salt of the earth
    - take something with a grain/pinch of salt
    - take with a grain/pinch of salt

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  • 13 kid

    I [kid] noun
    1) (a popular word for a child or teenager: They've got three kids now, two boys and a girl; More than a hundred kids went to the disco last night; ( also adjective) his kid brother (= younger brother).) krakki
    2) (a young goat.) kiðlingur
    3) (( also adjective) (of) the leather made from its skin: slippers made of kid; kid gloves.) kiðlingaskinn; hanskaskinn
    II [kid] past tense, past participle - kidded; verb
    (to deceive or tease, especially harmlessly: We were kidding him about the girl who keeps ringing him up; He kidded his wife into thinking he'd forgotten her birthday; He didn't mean that - he was only kidding!) gera að gamni sínu; leika á

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  • 14 sick

    [sik] 1. adjective
    1) (vomiting or inclined to vomit: He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.) vera óglatt, veikur
    2) ((especially American) ill: He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.) veikur, sjúkur, lasinn
    3) (very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of): I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!) hundleiður
    4) (affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings: I was really sick at making that bad mistake.) vera miður sín
    5) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) ósmekklegur, sjúklegur
    2. noun
    (vomit: The bedclothes were covered with sick.) æla
    - sickening
    - sickeningly
    - sickly
    - sickness
    - sick-leave
    - make someone sick
    - make sick
    - the sick
    - worried sick

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  • 15 hog

    [hoɡ] 1. noun
    ((especially American) a pig.) svín
    2. verb
    1) (to gobble up greedily.) háma í sig
    2) (to take or use more of than one ought to; to keep or use longer than one ought to: She's hogging the telephone and no-one else can use it.) taka meira en sinn skerf
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    - go the whole hog

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  • 16 romance

    1) (the relationship, actions etc of people who are in love: It was a beautiful romance, but it didn't last.) ástarævintÿri
    2) (a story about such a relationship etc, especially one in which the people, events etc are more exciting etc than in normal life: She writes romances.) ástarsaga
    3) (this kind of excitement: She felt her life was lacking in romance.) ástarævintÿri
    •
    - romantically

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  • 17 distraction

    [-ʃən]
    1) (something that takes the mind off other especially more serious affairs: There are too many distractions here to allow one to work properly.) truflun
    2) (anxiety and confusion: in a state of complete distraction.) hugarangist, uppnám

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  • 18 especial

    [i'speʃəl]
    (more than the ordinary; particular: You must treat this with especial care.) sérstakur

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  • 19 liberty

    ['libəti]
    1) (freedom from captivity or from slavery: He ordered that all prisoners should be given their liberty.) frelsi
    2) (freedom to do as one pleases: Children have a lot more liberty now than they used to.) frjálsræði
    3) ((especially with take) too great freedom of speech or action: I think it was (taking) a liberty to ask her such a question!) vera nærgöngull; taka sér bessaleyfi
    •
    - take the liberty of

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  • 20 semicolon

    [semi'kəulən, ]( American[) 'semikoulən]
    (the punctuation mark (;) used especially to separate parts of a sentence which have more independence than clauses separated by a comma: He wondered what to do. He couldn't go back; he couldn't borrow money.) semíkomma

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